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Among volunteers who take ayahuasca for studies, scientists have documented a rise in certain key traits that mirror those of experienced meditators. These changes include increases in openness, optimism, and a particularly powerful ability known as decentering.

At the end of a dark earthen trail in the Peruvian Amazon stands a round structure with a thatched roof that appears to glow from within. In the Temple of the Way of Light, as it is known, indigenous healers called Onanya teach visitors about the therapeutic uses of ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic brew that’s been used by locals for thousands of years. Across the Atlantic, researchers in an ornate blue-tiled hospital in Barcelona, Spain are studying ayahuasca’s physical effects on the brain. The teams in those two disparate locations approach the study of the psychedelic drug very differently, but researchers at each one are coming to similar conclusions about the way ayahuasca affects the mind.​From the Article: Meditation and the psychedelic drug ayahuasca seem to change the brain in surprisingly similar waysPublished by: Business Insider AUOriginal Link :https://www.businessinsider.com.au/meditation-ayahuasca-change-brain-similar-2017-4?r=US&IR=TArtwork Fair Use:By JamesJen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7135938

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